Apple Files for Patent on Smart Bicycle System

[Onus]

Well, in an actual race, I would think some of those things might not be allowed, especially any kind of communication TO the rider. Also, with a top-end racing bike maybe weighing 13-15lbs, every ounce counts.

 

[roshith_k]

... and it will only cost you an arm.

 

[sykozis]

[citation][nom]rohitbaran[/nom]Looks a bit too showy and not very practical. That apple is trying to create new uses for its thin product line again and again shows they can't manufacture anything new.[/citation]

Apple has pissed off every company that's ever been willing to work with them. Who's going to make anything for them to claim as their own creation? Apple doesn't make the iPod....or the iPhone....or the iPad....they contracted other companies to make them.

 

[arjunp2085]

You are riding it wrong !!! 😛

 

[fayzaan]

[citation][nom]scione[/nom]... What if you ride the bicycle wrong?[/citation]

Then it'll say "You're RIDING it wrong!"

 

[digiex]

Ok!... Apple just reinvented the bicycle. If this goes through the US patent office, it will loose some credibility.

 

[Guest]

There is a product doing exactly just that called LiveRider

http://www.newpotatotech.com/LiveRider/liverider.html

Watch apple buy these guys out!

 

[jsm6746]

intern: "Initiating 'Reality Distortion Field'"
jobs: waves hands, "It is 'nooooot' just like every other biiiiike... It is 'noooooot' too expensive..."
fanboys: "All hail lord jobs..."

 

[cobra5000]

Meh

 

[aaron686]

[citation][nom]Zingam[/nom]What is the innovative thing here? I don't see something new?[/citation]
It has a fruit on it, thats why...

 

[kronos_cornelius]

my advise to those of you with half a brain is start patenting stuff that you think is unpatentable. Because you'll regret it when you see one of this companies making billions of of what you once thought was unpatentable.

Don't fight reality, just adapt to it.

 

[Guest]

OK so I wonder how much for a bike like this? Will it be called the iBike?

 

[archange]

How about being able to actually read the screen of your iPhone / iPod in direct sunlight all the time?

 

[maestintaolius]

To answer the question, no. As a 'hardcore biker' when I'm biking I'm usually too busy watching the road and traffic (because I'd rather not get hit by an inattentive driver or fall into one of MN's legendary bottomless potholes) to be bothered with a display with 10000 bits of information. My phone already has a google ap that uses my GPS to track my workout track, pace, elevation, etc that I can look at afterwards.

 

[wildwell]

Just looking at the illustration makes this look complicated. It will need to much simpler to generate positive buzz with consumers.

 

[xythrax4420]

awesome they finally gave up making cell phones steve jobs just wanted to make dildo seat bicycles for himself and all his little fanboys out there.

 

[pheadland]

Judging from the other comments, I must be the first person here to actually read the patent. Basically, it claims two unrelated things:

1. Linking the bicycle computers of a group of riders so that they can see each other's data and location.

2. Detecting that a bicycle has been stolen by noticing it is being ridden.

All the other stuff in the article is just marketing blather, not part of the patent claims, and has existed for many years in other products. It's standard for patents to include this sort of background information, but the only thing that matters is the "claims" section.

 

[pheadland]

Error in my previous post; should have read:


2. Detecting that a bicycle has been stolen by noticing it is being ridden, and notifying the owner remotely.

 

[inferno65]

Nice idea, someone should tell Garmin about it.